Chris Girman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, English

Contact Information

• Office: 706C Lawrence Hall
• Phone: 412-392-3957
• Email: cgirman@pointpark.edu

Education

• Ph.D., Writing/Nonfiction, University of Illinois at Chicago
• J.D. and M.A., Law and Latin American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
• M.F.A, Creative Writing, The University of Texas-Pan American
• B.A., International Affairs, The George Washington University

Background

Chris Girman, Ph.D., J.D., is an associate professor specializing in creative nonfiction for the Department of Literature, Culture, and Society at Point Park University. He directs the youth summer creative writing program. 

Prior to joining Point Park, Girman was a faculty member in the Department of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Illinois Institute of Technology. In addition to creative nonfiction, including sports and travel writing, Girman specializes in masculinity studies, Latin American/Latino literature, LGBTQIA studies and 19th-century American realism.

Girman has also worked as a history and bilingual specialist for B.L. Garza Middle School in Edinburg, Texas, and as a pro bono attorney for the South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project in Harlingen, Texas, providing legal support for undocumented children detained at the U.S./Mexico border. For nearly a decade, Girman bartended at TGI Fridays, and he continues to Uber drive, both of which supply an endless amount of material for his writing.

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